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emptic and hath nothing ink. When a man raifeththcm/oasthcybee thereby forced toflie, G 

 theyyccld foorth a certainc humour: which is the onely argument that they bee nourifticd of 

 the dew. They have moreover this one marke ftom all other creatures living, namely, no 

 concavitie of their bodie to be feen whereby to void out any excrements. So dim-fightcd they 

 be, that if a man chaunce to come neare unto them, plucking in and ftretching outhis finger 

 before them, they will prefcntlyleape upon it, fuppofing that it is fomc Icafc that waggeth. 

 Writers there becj that make two more kinds of them, namely, the grcatetj which appearc 

 at thefirft fpringand budding oftrces; whereupon it is called Surcularia;and a leflerj which 

 fome name Frumentaria , others Avenaria * For this fheweth it felfe when eorne is ripe and be- 

 gins to die inihe ftraw* 



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^ Places vpherein then be no Grafloppers : alfi where they are mute^ 



IN countries bare and naked of trees andwoodj there breed no Graflioppers: and therefore 

 yc fhall have them at Cyrene^about the towne, but not in theplaines and fields thereof. Nei- 

 ther fhall a man meet with them in woods that be cold and full of (bade. Itfeemeth alfo, that 

 they take a liking to fomc one quarter more than another : for in the region of the Milcfians, 

 few places there be that have them : but in Ccphalenia, there is a river that doth limit and bound 

 them :for of the one fide there be plentic of them 3 and on the other/ewor none. In the territo- 

 rie ofRhegium they be all mute. Paffc the river once and comeinto the Locrians counircy, yec I 

 ftiall hcare them chaunt luilily. Wings they have like to tholc of Bees,but largcr,to the propor^ 

 tion of their bodies* 



Chai*. XXVilt* 

 7 he wings of Infuls^ and fimdrie kinds of Beetles i 



OF Infcdsjfomecarric two wings about them^astheflies: others foure, as Bees. As for 

 Grafhoppcrsjthcyflie with wings made likepellicles or fine skins .In fummc, all Infe^ls 

 which be armed with aftingin tlicir bodie or taile, have fourc a peccc : and none againc 

 have above twaiiie that carrie their offenlivc weapon in thi mouth. To the former ^Nature hath K 

 given it for to revenge 5 to the other, onely to feed themfelvesjand content their appctitcMore- ^ 

 over, piuckefromanyof them their wings, there will never come new in the place. None that" 

 have a fting in their taiic, be double wisiged . Some Infers there be, which have growing a cer- 

 tainc huskeorcodover their wingSj for the fafeguard and defence thereof, as the Beetles: and 

 the wings of fuch be tiiinner and more bjcittle than others. Sting have they none, but a certainc 

 kind of the great ones be armed with two long homes boking out before-them, and two-forked 

 they be and toothed like pinfonsjin the top,which (when they lift) they can bring togiiher and 

 make them meet j and fonip and bite withall.ThcfcBeedcSjfolke ufe to hang about the neckeof 

 young babes, as prefcnt remedies againft many maladies . Such Becdes,iV/^/«//»f calleth Lu- 

 canes. Over and befides, there is another fort, which tumbling upon their backc in dung,do roll *^ 

 it into great round balls with their feet 5 and therein doe make nefts for to beftow the little grubs 

 (which are their young) againft the cold of winter. Some there be that ufc to flie up and down, 

 and where ever they go, make a great buzzing noife as if they lowed. Ye iliall have others again 

 that keepe in medowes 5 yea and Crcckets that haunt the hearth and ftockc of chimnies, where 

 themake many holcsjand lie cricking alowd in the night. ^ 



The Glo-wormes, are named by the Greeks Lampy ridesjbecaufe they (liinc in the night like 

 a Iparkc of fire : and it is no more but the brightnes of their fides and taile; for one while as they 

 hold open their wings, they glittcrj another while when they keepe them clofe togither,th€y be 

 fhadowcd and make no ihew. Thefe Glowbards never appeare before hay is ripe upon the 

 groand,ncyetaft€Eitiscutdownc. Contrariwife^ the flies called Blatt«,livc andbe nourifhcd M 

 in darkenefle: light is an cnemie unto theriijandfrom it they flie. They breed commorily in 

 bainesandftoiives, of the moitt vapours that be there. Of the fame kind there be other great 

 Beetles red in colour, which workc themfclves holes in the drie earth , where they frame certainc 

 receptacles like unto Bees combsjlittlc and fmall, full of pipes tcfembling hollow fpungcs 5 and 



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